Articles, tagged with "manic episodes", page 3
10th August 2009
Mood disorders are common place in society. Often unwanted byproducts of a stressful lifestyle with sedentary behavior and a diet high in caffeine and sugar, mood disorders can be found in over twenty five percent of the adult population. This article wil...
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Author:
Reyna Flor Nadera
11th July 2009
Bipolar depression is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes mood disorders that are defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated moods. This is referred to as mania and when it is mild is called hypomania. If you experience mani...
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Author:
Mercy
27th April 2009
Your mental health is an important factor that affects the way you live your daily life. You have to realize that the brain is one of the most important organs of the human body and it is needed in order to live a normal and productive life. However, ther...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
27th April 2009
Bipolar disorder, also called as manic-depressive disease has severe effects on the life of the sufferer as well as those people closest to them. The patients need almost everybody's attention. They need it from their psychiatrist, physicians, close frien...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
09th April 2009
For years, psychiatrists and medical professionals have said that bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are two very distinct mental illnesses. This idea came from a world-renowned German psychiatrist named Emil Kraepelin. Eric Kraepelin has said that bipola...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
09th April 2009
Bipolar depression can be distinguished in a person if a single manic episode is present. Moreover, it is assumed as a chronic disease since a greater population of persons who have manifestations of one episode can portray more episodes in the days to co...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
27th March 2009
Many people believe that having a perfectly healthy body means that they will be able to live a normal and productive life. However, having a healthy body alone is not enough in order to live a normal life. You have to consider that mental health is also ...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
21st March 2009
A biological illness which is believed to have genetic components is bipolar disorder. Thus treatment often involves combination of medicines in managing its symptoms. Psychological therapies are also incorporated to deal with the disorder in order to liv...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
21st March 2009
Everyday, a person experiences different emotions and events, and oftentimes these things trigger the mood swings. Coping up with happy events and unpleasant ones can put you in greater threat for depressive and manic episodes.
The triggers cause your...
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Author:
Jesus Sabu
10th March 2009
Being bipolar and living with the illness means that you should have a bipolar disorder treatment plan in place. This usually begins to be formed from the time that a diagnosis of bipolar disorder is made. Often the bipolar disorder treatment is split int...
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Author:
Avi Solutions
04th March 2009
Your mental health is an important factor that affects the way you live your daily life. You have to realize that the brain is one of the most important organs of the human body and it is needed in order to live a normal and productive life. However, ther...
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Author:
Jocelyn Snider
06th January 2009
Unfortunately, there's no simple, quick and easy test to diagnose people suspected of experiencing bipolar disorder. In fact, this ailment isn't even a single disorder. Rather, it's a term used to describe a number of mood disorders that are identified by...
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Author:
Trevor Price
08th October 2008
For adults, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder can be easy. They can go see a psychologist for diagnosis or buy Prozac or whatever medicine has been prescribed to them for management. However, children diagnosed with the psychological disorder requi...
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Author:
morningshift
20th May 2008
If you experience depressive symptoms and feel sad all the time, you're probably suffering from what doctors call a "unipolar" disorder. But some older people develop another type of depression called "bipolar" disorder or manic depression, in which their...
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Author:
pattrickjhonson
25th March 2008
Lithium (pronounced /ˈlɪθiəm/) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft alkali metal with a silver-white color. Lithium is used to treat manic or depressive (bipolar), and depressive disorders. Lithium brand names are...
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Author:
Alien